HometownPortola Valley, CA, United StatesEducation University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Bachelor of Arts / ScienceStanford University, Master of Business Administration

Wisconsin native started at Honeywell; became chief executive of Cisco 1988. Took company public 2 years later, stepped down 1995; remains Cisco chairman emeritus. Stock soared from 1995; briefly world's fattest company by market cap 2000. Plummeted in tech bust but up 185% from $11 low in 2001. Since then Cisco sales up 28%, net profits up 63%, per-share earnings up 160%. With wife, Tashia, gave $50 million to alma mater U. of Wisconsin to fund bioscience research last year. Outdoorsman chairs the Nature Conservancy.

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